Outside, the sun was shining brightly, and Ikenouchi Maki couldn't help but raise her hand to block the dazzling sunlight that fell on her eyes... She remembered it was late at night when she fainted, wasn't it?
"No need to think about it. We stayed there for nine days, but only a little over one day passed here."
Fang Wuwei flipped his hand, and a long blade appeared in his grasp. He tossed it to Ikenouchi Maki. This time, after the system came out, the function of slowing down the flow of time became even stronger, and it happened to be the weekend, so no one noticed that they had left this world.
However, Ikenouchi's parents did notice that their daughter hadn't returned home all night... but they didn't object.
"Catch."
Fang Wuwei threw the long blade in his hand towards Ikenouchi Maki, who hastily caught it. The moment she received it, Ikenouchi Maki knew that this blade was not the Fu Chen Blade.
Ikenouchi Maki recalled that battle, that clear and resonant sword hum...
"Master..."
Ikenouchi Maki held the new blade, her eyes filled with sorrow... Her first beloved blade was gone...
"Here."
Seeing Ikenouchi Maki looking a bit down, Fang Wuwei sighed softly and pulled out the remains of the Fu Chen Blade from his system space—the Fu Chen Blade now only had its hilt and a small section of the blade remaining—and tossed it to Ikenouchi Maki.
"If you can't bear to part with it, take it back as a memento. The blade you have now is much stronger than Fu Chen."
Catching the Fu Chen Blade, Ikenouchi Maki shook her head with a sad expression and put the half-blade Fu Chen Blade into the space bracelet Fang Wuwei gave her. She planned to take it home and enshrine it, and burn two sticks of incense for the blade when she had time... Sob, Chenchen, I'm sorry, sob...
After mourning her former beloved blade in her heart for a moment, Ikenouchi Maki picked up the new blade in her hand and examined it carefully... It was a long blade, shaped like a katana but slightly straighter, with a black hilt and a golden guard. Several dark blue cloth strips were wrapped around the copper-yellow scabbard, fluttering in the wind.
Ikenouchi Maki drew the blade from its scabbard. The moment the blade left the scabbard, Ikenouchi Maki felt a gust of Swift Wind drift from the blade, beginning to coil around her sword-wielding arm, swirling on it, and then quickly disappearing. Only a gentle breeze continued to emerge from the blade.
And just by looking at the blade... The mirror-like blade emitted a chilling gleam, its surface incredibly smooth, and its edge remarkably sharp. A good blade, a truly peerless blade!
"Master, does this blade have a name?"
Fang Wuwei raised an eyebrow and pointed to the blade Ikenouchi Maki was currently holding.
"Arashiki."
[Arashiki
a class item
Description: Follow the Swift Wind forward, behind you... No, no one uses Arashiki in this version anymore!]
It was an item from the game League of Legends. Before he transmigrated, people often said it was Yasuo's personal blade... Anyway, now that it was in Fang Wuwei's hands, he found that this item could enhance Swift Wind power and had extremely high affinity for wind-type abilities. For Gale Sword Technique, it was like adding wings to a tiger.
"Arashiki... hmm..."
Upon hearing the name, Ikenouchi Maki lowered her head, held Arashiki in front of her with one hand, and reached out with the other to gently caress the blade, her eyes full of tenderness.
Fang Wuwei thought Ikenouchi Maki was carefully examining the blade, but the next second...
"Good, from now on, I'll call you Arashi no Raibaku Shippu Kyoran Satsubatsu no Yaiba."
Fang Wuwei nearly choked on a mouthful of salty soda.
But the next second, he felt relieved... Second-year syndrome was like that; he was used to it. He remembered how she had given the Fu Chen Blade a ridiculous name like "Source of Light and Hope—Blade that Rushes Towards the Dawn."
Ikenouchi Maki slung the scabbard at her waist, held Arashiki with both hands, and took a starting stance towards Fang Wuwei.
"Master, didn't you say you wanted to see the results of my practice?"
Ikenouchi Maki's face was full of excitement. She couldn't wait for Fang Wuwei to see that she could also control wind, what a feat!
"No hurry... It's still a rest day, and it's easy to attract attention here."
Fang Wuwei walked up and motioned for Ikenouchi Maki to extend her hand. Although Ikenouchi Maki was still a bit puzzled, she obediently extended her hand.
Then, Fang Wuwei formed his hand into a sword-finger and sliced it across Ikenouchi Maki's arm. She only felt a sharp sting, and the next moment, a few drops of blood seeped out.
"! Master! You ambushed me!"
"Don't be foolish."
After creating a small wound that wouldn't hinder movement, Fang Wuwei reached out and grabbed Ikenouchi Maki's shoulder. The next moment, Ikenouchi Maki only felt a chill envelop her, and her vision instantly turned a sickly green, blurring her sight... But it was only for an instant. The next moment, she found herself in an extremely strange and bizarre space, with swirling, faintly greenish black mist everywhere, and some things that clearly didn't sound human shrieking.
Fang Wuwei activated Iron Man 1v1 Arena. He wanted Ikenouchi Maki to fully display her abilities here.
It was Ikenouchi Maki's first time here, and curiosity drove her to look around, even reaching out to fan away some of the black mist, trying to disperse it... She knew her Master couldn't possibly harm her.
"Stop playing."
Fang Wuwei's single sentence brought her back to the present. At this moment, Fang Wuwei stood with his arms crossed, watching Ikenouchi Maki, waiting for her to make her move.
"Don't forget why we're here. This domain can only exist for one minute. Let me see how well you've learned Gale Sword Technique... Oh, and use this blade, not Arashiki."
Saying that, Fang Wuwei pulled out a blade from his system space and threw it out. Ikenouchi Maki excitedly caught it, her face full of anticipation. This blade... must also be extraordinary! Nothing bad ever came from Master's hand!
"Master, this blade..."
"It's just an ordinary, plain steel blade. Arashiki enhances Gale Sword Technique and wind attributes. I want to know your true level, so I can't let you use Arashiki."
"Is that so... Then I'll call you Duan Gang Yao..."
Fang Wuwei was completely speechless. He pulled out his ebony and fired a shot upwards. The loud gunshot echoed in their ears, and Ikenouchi Maki immediately fell silent.
She obediently put Arashiki away, held the steel blade, closed her eyes, and began to recall the feeling of that battle... that profound and mysterious realm...
It came. She heard the wind.
A gust of Swift Wind began to appear out of nowhere beside Ikenouchi Maki, revolving around her, finally gathering and swirling on her blade. Then another gust of wind appeared, repeating the above steps, and then another gust of wind...
Ikenouchi Maki held the blade, placing it vertically in front of her. With her eyes closed, the surrounding wind grew larger, more abundant, and more violent.
Finally, the gale encircled Ikenouchi Maki's blade, and the wind pressure released and the residual wind blown out allowed Fang Wuwei to feel the sharpness hidden within that wind... The Swift Wind had accumulated completely. Ikenouchi Maki opened her eyes, raised the blade high above her head, her face full of excitement.
"Go! Duan Gang Zhan Yao Shi Mo Zhi Ren No. 1!"
"Why the hell did you still give it a name!"
Ikenouchi Maki brought the blade down, and the gale also slashed out with it. But contrary to both her and Fang Wuwei's expectations, the gale did not form a tornado as they had anticipated. Instead, it quickly disintegrated and dispersed less than two meters after leaving her hand, turning into countless tiny wind blades that surged out, attacking indiscriminately in 360 degrees. However, the intensity of the wind instantly dropped twenty notches, and its power became negligible.
He was familiar with this situation; he often encountered it when he was learning with Yasuo in the system space... This was a symptom of Gale Sword Technique not being completely mastered.
She had grasped it, she had comprehended it, but only a little... However, at this point, she was not far from complete mastery.
Facing the countless incoming wind blades, Fang Wuwei didn't even bother to dodge or activate his defenses, letting the wind blades scrape against him. By the time the disintegrated wind reached him, it was only about as strong as a fan on speed five. But Ikenouchi Maki wasn't as calm; she was very close to the tornado and was startled by the wind that blew at her the moment it disintegrated...
She stood there blankly, hugging her blade, until she was blown away by her own wind. She had completely not expected herself to fail.
"No... Master, listen to me! I succeeded before! Really! I just 'whoosh'ed and created a super..."
"I know, I know. I saw it, but it seems now that you probably just had a burst of power then."
Fang Wuwei walked forward and reached out to pull Ikenouchi Maki, who was lying on the ground, to her feet, a relieved smile on his face, but a herd of grass-mud horses stampeded through his heart... How long had he been teaching Ikenouchi Maki Gale Sword Technique? Had it been three months? It didn't seem so... When he reached this level, he had studied under Yasuo's direct guidance for about ten months! Damn it, his disciple was almost stronger than him, her Master!
"Now you are only one step away from mastering the swordplay... Practice hard, you're almost there."
"Really! Okay, Master! I will definitely double my efforts!"
Fang Wuwei smiled outwardly, but inwardly, he was cursing continuously.